loricate — 英語辞典

動詞

1. To cover with some protecting substance, as with lute, a crust, coating, or plates.

   用法

   • 他動詞

   関連語

   lorication

形容詞

1. Possessing a lorica (enclosing shell).

   用法

   • not-comparable

   同義語

   shelled

   反義語

   aloricate

   例文

   ...so far as my experience goes, all loricate Rotifera are hatched with the lorica already developed.

   その他の例文 (1)

   1891 William B.Carpenter, 7th ed rev. W.H.Dallinger. The Microscope and its Revelations. p. 718. pub: London J.&A. Churchill The third order, Ploïma, is divided into a loricate and an illoricate group, which are not, however, very sharply separated; as in some cases the outer layer of the skin is, though horny, yet thin and flexible.

2. Of or pertaining to the rotifers with thick, rigid cuticles and a box-like shape.

   用法

   • not-comparable

   反義語

   aloricate

名詞

1. Any animal covered with bony scales, such as the crocodile or pangolin.